Foundation : the history of England from its earliest beginnings to the Tudors

Ackroyd, Peter 1949- (Author).

Summary: One of Britain's most popular and esteemed historians tells the epic story of the birth of England. The first in an extraordinary six-volume history, "Foundation" takes the reader from the primeval forests of England's prehistory to the death, in 1509, of the first Tudor king, Henry VII.

Record details

ISBN: 1250037557 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9781250037558 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
ix, 486 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 21 cm.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Griffin, 2013, c2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"First published in Great Britain by Macmillan"--T.p. verso. Published in the U.S. by Thomas Dunne Books without volume numbering and without the common set title, The history of England, as published in G.B. by Macmillan.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-464) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Hymns of stone -- The Roman way -- Climate change -- Spear points -- The blood eagle -- The measure of the king -- The coming of the conquerors -- The house -- Devils and wicked men -- The road -- The law is lost -- The names -- The turbulent priest -- The lost village -- The great charter -- Crime and punishment -- A simple king -- The seasonal year -- The emperor of Britain -- The hammer -- The favourites of a king -- Birth and death -- The sense of a nation -- The night schools -- The commotion -- Into the woods -- The suffering king -- Old habits -- The warrior -- How others saw us -- A simple man -- Meet the family -- The divided realm -- The world at play -- The lion and the lamb -- The staple of life -- The king of spring -- Come to town -- The zealot king -- The king of suspicions -- A conclusion.